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| Criterion |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |  Decision Making Option Framing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | 1-2 h | 60-120 min | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs |
Tagsno overlap | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison |